Pro League fixture prognosis and stats, news and lineups for the OH Leuven vs Genk duel

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power at Den Dreef Stadion (12500 seats)

OH Leuven and Genk have delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both teams reside in mid-table spots in the Pro League.

Insights:
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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OH Leuven form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, OH Leuven have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

A strong away win for Leuven against KV Oostende the last match, as Kaba, Al-Taamari and Shengelia were on target. Midfield player Shengelia got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Shengelia scored one goal.

Before that, OH Leuven played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Zulte-Waregem.

The match schedule is unforgiving for OH Leuven as they have a new game in only three days, a Pro League match thankfully also at home. Cercle Brugge are visiting.

OH Leuven has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Leuven defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Genk form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Genk playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

The supporters enjoyed Genk's previous game versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 16th), a 2-0 win played at home. Muñoz was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.6. The defender Muñoz hit two key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Union Saint-Gilloise wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Standard Liege in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Genk's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. As for defending, Genk rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Genk - OH Leuven 4-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (OH Leuven wins - draws - Genk wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
13 goals
OH LeuvenM. Maertens
M. Maertens
7 goals
OH LeuvenS. Kaba
S. Kaba
7 goals

OH Leuven missing players

Genk missing players

OH Leuven Genk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 3 12 24
7 4 2 Won W 2 4 10
9 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
8 4 0 Lost L 0 6 9
34 14 6 Scored S 5 21 47
39 17 2 Conceded C 3 20 36
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 58% 58%
46% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
12% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 29%
75% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
12% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 21%
17% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 17%
 
4.7 4.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 5.8
6.1 5.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.8
2 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.3
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 13.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13.8 14.5
4.8 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 5.5 5.8
29% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 34%
 
15.8 15.8 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.2 11.3
5.6 5.9 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Saint-Gilloise 26 19 3 4 59 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 10 2 1 33 9 38 60
2 Antwerp 26 15 5 6 46 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 8 2 3 21 13 18 50
3 Club Brugge 26 13 9 4 47 32 13 6 6 1 25 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 15 48
4 Anderlecht 26 12 9 5 56 31 13 6 5 2 30 18 13 6 4 3 26 13 25 45
5 Sporting Charleroi 26 12 7 7 42 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 9 43
6 Gent 26 11 7 8 38 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 4 4 5 13 12 11 40
7 Mechelen 24 12 3 9 42 41 13 8 2 3 26 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 1 39
8 Genk 24 10 5 9 47 36 12 6 3 3 26 16 12 4 2 6 21 20 11 35
9 Cercle Brugge 26 10 5 11 36 31 13 4 2 7 15 16 13 6 3 4 21 15 5 35
10 Kortrijk 26 8 10 8 31 32 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 -1 34
11 Sint-Truiden 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 5 2 6 12 17 -8 31
12 OH Leuven 24 7 9 8 34 39 11 4 3 4 14 17 13 3 6 4 20 22 -5 30
13 Standard Liege 25 7 8 10 29 40 13 2 5 6 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 29
14 KV Oostende 25 8 3 14 27 49 13 4 1 8 15 32 12 4 2 6 12 17 -22 27
15 AS Eupen 26 7 6 13 32 45 12 3 3 6 13 21 14 4 3 7 19 24 -13 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 25 6 7 12 36 54 12 3 3 6 18 28 13 3 4 6 18 26 -18 25
17 RFC Seraing 26 7 2 17 26 52 13 5 2 6 15 21 13 2 0 11 11 31 -26 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 25 3 4 18 25 54 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 3 9 14 30 -29 13

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.